my early idol, or Childe-type ballads, while the other suddenly had to learn whatever the hell it was Mississippi John Hurt was doing on 'Candy Man'." Being Bonnie Raitt, she learned 'Candy Man'.

First, blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Bonnie Raitt spoke with Terry Gross in 1996 about her early years, finding her blues sound. And Francis Ford Coppola told us in 2016 the story of ...

Three years after entering college, Bonnie left to commit herself full-time ... Their first joint outing is long overdue, says Raitt, who opened for Mahal at Skidmore College in the early '70s. He ...

Take Mabel John’s 1966 classic Your Good Thing (Is About To End). Raitt, brimming over with pleading soul, stretches out ...